23 stories tagged with #wrongful, in publish-time order across the WeSearch catalog. Tag pages update as new stories ingest.
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Two men to file wrongful arrest lawsuit over Nancy Guthrie disappearance case
Move seeking $3.25m in damages six months after mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie was last seen safe…
How Jailhouse Snitches Send Innocent People to Death Row
Pamela Colloff discusses the dangers of incentivized testimony, the difficulty of overturning wrongful convictions, and how the justice system compounds its own errors.…
U Michigan Student Sues Alleging Wrongful Discipline for Unauthorized AI Use—But Can't Sue as a Jane Doe
From Doe v. Regents of Univ. of Mich., decided yesterday by Judge Laurie Michelson (E.D. Mich.): Plaintiff, a student at… The post U Michigan Student Sues Alleging Wrongful Discipl…
A username typo sent the wrong man to prison for over a year
A Canadian man was wrongfully convicted and sent to prison for 18 months after police made a username typo.…
Kumamoto ordered to pay damages over wrongful conviction in 1985 murder case
The Kumamoto Prefectural Police investigation of the case was ruled unlawful as it was conducted with the aim of extracting a confession from the suspect who was acquitted in 2019.…
He was shot at by ICE, then wrongfully accused. His nightmare had only just begun
After masked agents fired on his truck, Francisco Longoria was ambushed, charged and jailed – only for the case against him to fall apart. Now he and his family are seeking justice…
Grief-stricken family of Obama official killed in jet files wrongful death lawsuit
The heartbroken family of former White House official Dana Hyde blames catastrophic pilot errors for the 2023 private jet emergency that killed her, according to a bombshell wrongf…
Man sues Florida cops over arrest spurred by "93% match" in facial recognition
Lawsuit: "Police let an error-prone AI system stand in for an investigation."…
Wrongful Arrest Exposes Failures in One of the Oldest Police Face-Recognition Tools in the US
The ACLU is suing two Florida police departments over the arrest of a Fort Myers man in a child-abduction case, saying officers treated a flawed face recognition match as a near-ce…
Men wrongfully accused of yogurt shop murders declared innocent
One of the four men who was initially convicted was sent to death row in the killing of four teenagers in a crime that haunted Austin for decades.…
Fired JPMorgan employee who claimed wrongful termination over $642.50 ‘Super Bowl’ deli platter awarded $4M
A Wall Street arbitration panel ordered the banking giant to pay veteran Beverly Hills broker Brent Ryan Bodner millions in damages.…
Gunmaker lawsuit after Auburn grad’s death faces major obstacle, attorney warns
Auburn graduate Whitney Robeson's family sues gunmaker over alleged accidental shooting, but attorney says antique revolver claim faces legal hurdles.…
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘True Justice: Eye For An Eye’ on the Hallmark Channel, About A Group of Law Students Trying To Exonerate A Mother Wrongfully Convicted Of Murder
The Justice Warriors are back, working another case to prove a mother's innocence and get to the truth.…
Live Nation Settles With Estates of 2 Women Killed by Gunman at Beyond Wonderland Festival
Live Nation has settled with the families of two women killed by a gunman allegedly high on mushrooms at the Beyond Wonderland music festival in 2023.…
Aaron Carter Wrongful Death Settlement: Tragedy Meets Liability
The lawsuit filed over Aaron Carter’s wrongful death has sparked wider debate over physician and pharmacy liability in overdose deaths.…
False Testimony Sent Tony Carruthers to Death Row. Tennessee Is About to Kill Him.
Carruthers’s murder conviction hinged on the claims of paid informant, who has repeatedly recanted his testimony.…
Pennsylvania Family Says the DEA Battered Down Their Door While Raiding the Wrong Home
The family is suing the federal agency and their local police department for violating their Fourth Amendment rights.…
With a Chance at Freedom, They Faced an Unexpected Obstacle: Their Own Lawyers
Pennsylvania courts allow attorneys to argue against their convicted clients’ bid for justice. It has resulted in people spending years or decades in prison before being freed base…
Wrongly jailed Malkinson tells BBC: 'I've been cheated, very badly cheated'
Andrew Malkinson, the man who spent 17 years in jail for Paul Quinn’s crime, says he's thankful authorities have "finally got the real perpetrator".…
Man wrongly convicted of killing 2 hunters in 1990 agrees to $5.25M settlement
A man who spent nearly 21 years in prison for the deaths of two Michigan hunters has agreed to a $5.25 million settlement…
Common Drug Tests Lead to Thousands of Wrongful Arrests
A great-grandmother’s medicine tested positive for cocaine – spawning a 15-month legal nightmare, forcing her to refinance her home, and spurring a new state law that could set a p…
Dem Nominee for UMich Board of Regents Filed ‘Wrongful Death’ Suit on Behalf of Attempted Cop-Killer Whose Gun Jammed While Trying To Shoot Up a Police Station During Christmas Toy Drive
A Democratic nominee for the University of Michigan’s Board of Regents filed a $10 million "wrongful death" lawsuit on behalf of a gunman who was killed while trying to shoot up a …
Judge tosses murder conviction for man who served 25 years
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